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Decade anniversary celebration of $210M gift to engineering higher education programs Dolese would then buy back stock every year following. In 2010, the gift was rolled out privately before being announced in 2013. The Mallory Pool three sections of the Staff Reporter stock were originally valued at around $70 million each and were Dolese Bros. Co. made having one goal headquarters in Oklahoma City became host in mind—to raise the amount of engineerof a celebration of a ing graduates at those decade of furthering universities. engineering education Since that antogether with three nouncement, the three universities across the institutions have furstate of Oklahoma and thered their part to Kansas. make that dream a Dolese is Oklahoma’s biggest supplier reality. “Our mission to of ready-mix concrete, improve communities gravel, crushed stone has its roots in the legand sand and when looking to give back to acy of Roger Dolese,” areas the company has said Mark Helm, president and CEO of Dolese served, it focused on Bros. Co. “Through higher education. this gift, we’ve not only The private been able to create a company, carrying bright future for numerout the philanthropic values of Roger Dolese, ous engineering students, but also ensure chose to give all of its non-voting stock to the our company remains true to our community university foundations and gives back to each at Oklahoma State University, the Univer- Dolese employee for their service to the sity of Oklahoma and company.” Kansas State University. If it was profitable, See Anniversary on 6
Chase Davis Kansas running back Devin Neal is half of the Jayhawks’ explosive backfield rushing attack with quarterback Jalon Daniels.
Kansas leaning on explosive offense as it pushes for further Big 12 relevancy After all, TCU made the national championship game, Kansas State won the conference and Oklahoma lost more games than it won. Wild. But so was Kansas. The Jayhawks started the season 5-0, hosted ESPN’s College GameDay Gabriel Trevino and played in their first bowl game since 2008. Columnist The 2022 Liberty Bowl vs Arkansas was one of the best games of last year’s epic postseason, with quarterback Jalon Daniels dueling Razorbacks’ KJ Jefferson. Daniels scored six touchdowns on 565 yards, but the Jayhawks fell short in overtime. That performance was all In a year of unique storylines Kansas wanted to see as it enters in the Big 12, Kansas reaching a bowl game may have been forgotten the 2023 season. Daniels was picked as the Big 12 preseason offensive about. player of the year, only the second
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Courtesy of OSU Dolese Bros. Co. made a ten-year promise to raise the amout of graduating engeneering students at various universities.
time a Jayhawk was picked for an individual preseason award. Kansas was long the “easy win” on most Big 12 teams’ schedules. From 2009-21, Kansas averaged just two wins per season. Many coaches tried and — for the most part — failed to bring KU to relevancy. But in his second year, though the Jayhawks finished with a losing record, coach Lance Leipold did it. Can he continue it? “(Last season) showed the resiliency of our team, and we’re excited to take another step this year using that end of the season toward motivation, of course, to get us to be the consistent bowl team we want to be and find a way to turn that into victory,” Leipold said at Big 12 media days. See Kansas on 3
Storylines to watch from OSU’s first week of fall practice
Braden Bush Sports Editor Fall practice begins this week for the Cowboys, signaling football season is just a month away. There’s plenty of question marks and topics of discussion as coach Mike Gundy and the team make the final push to the 2023 season. Here are a few storylines heading into fall practice. Any QB updates? The starting quarterback job has been the biggest topic of discussion since Spencer Sanders entered the transfer portal in December, and even seven months later at Big 12 Media Days in July, no clarity was offered. “If there’s somebody we feel like gives us the best chance for early-season success, we name it. If not, we don’t,” Gundy said in Arlington. “And I don’t really know right now, like, people think, ‘Well, he knows he’s just not saying it.’ Why would I say it? I mean, I’ve said it before in the spring, I’ve said it before in the summer, I don’t know right now.” Alan Bowman, a Michigan transfer who spent three seasons at Texas Tech, brings in five years of experience
Mia Ledbetter OSU coach Mike Gundy said during Big 12 Media Days that the Cowboys still haven’t decided on a starting quarterback. Alan Bowman (7) is competing against Garret Rangel for the starting job.
in major college football and is a top candidate for the job. He only attempted 11 passes in two years with the Wolverines, but he showed his potential at Tech, throwing for more than 5,200 yards, which was enough for the Cowboys to bring him on in the spring. During the summer, Bowman took a group of OSU receivers with him to a camp in California where they trained together and bonded.
Another option is Garret Rangel, who as a redshirt freshman doesn’t offer the experience of Bowman, but he did start three games in 2022. He was thrown into the lineup earlier than expected when Sanders dealt with injuries, but that gave him valuable reps and experience leading the offense. Rangel completed 51.3% of passes and had five interceptions to go with four touchdowns.
Behind those two, Gunnar Gundy appeared in four games last year with one start, and Zane Flores, a true freshman, was a top-20 quarterback recruit in the 2023 class and was the 2022 MaxPreps Nebraska Player of the Year. Redshirt senior Peyton Thompson rounds out the quarterback room. See Storylines on 2